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Kiki

At least three artists share the same name Kiki. 1) Kiki (Joakim Ijäs) was born and raised in Finland, meanwhile his musical home as a DJ and producer is Berlin. He is famous for his versatile wildstyle, which is a mixture of hi-nrg-tech-house glamour hystery and hilarious sampler explosions. His agile sound likes to take a dip in the pool of hedonism and he has no problem playing a set on three decks all night long without missing a groove or skipping the needles.

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Boyd Rice

Boyd Rice (born 1957) is an American experimental sound artist, archivist, actor, photographer, prankster and writer best known for his pioneering industrial noise music under the name Non and Boyd Rice and Friends. he has collaborated with numerous artists. For a WEALTH of info, see Boyd's official website at http://www.boydrice.com

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Julian Jeweil

"About JULIAN JEWEIL
Julian Jeweil, dj producer and high value from the french electronic scene discover techno at the "enfanthome" party in Marseille, the Sun City on the french riviera. This event were a revelation, the start of never ending passion. To 2001, Julian played on many underground parties from his region, this same year he got into Fight Klub crew. He became resident, and played in more than sixty parties. In two years he succeed to push himself high and became a inescapable dj.

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Bovill

Bovill is from London, UK. Founder of the Meanwhile label along with Murmur, Bovill has been invloved in electronic music in one form or another for well over a decade. A love of Detroit Techno, Chicago House, Electro, and the the deeper sounds of Berlin lead Bovill to spin tunes at some of London's seminal nights in the mid 90's at clubs such as Analogue City, Absolute, and Electric Underground, where the headline acts would include Robert Hood, Claude Young, Juan Atkins, and DJ Hell amongst others.

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Kate Simko

Expanding from a background in classical training, Kate Simko has formed her own unique place in the minimal techno / tech-house world. With roots in Chicago house and Detroit techno, her tracks maintain a warm, soulful character while embracing deep, elaborate structures. Kate spent her formative years studying piano and music theory. During her teens she became enamored by underground dance music, gaining a voracious appetite to hear new sounds and absorbing it all dancing until dawn each weekend in the Midwest.

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Bittersweets

The Bittersweets—Chris Meyers (guitar, keyboards, vocals) and Hannah Prater (vocals, guitar)—live up to their name. They fuse yellows and blues, sunniness and melancholy, with evocative lyrics and lush arrangements, transcendent melodies and Prater’s alluring voice. New album: Goodnight, San Francisco (2008), their 2006 full-length debut: The Life You Always Wanted.
That new album, Goodnight, San Francisco, flows seamlessly through eleven gorgeous mood pieces.

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Conforce

Conforce is the moniker of Boris Bunnik from the Island of Terschelling (the Netherlands). Nowadays he lives in the city of Leeuwarden and finished several media studies in The Netherlands. After two debut EPs on Rush Hour and releases on Curle and Modelism, he just released his well received first album on UK's Meanwhile label. His Grace EP was released on Delsin Records, featuring some slick produced atmospheric tunes, in style of label mates like Delta Funktionen, Quince and D5. http://www.myspace.com/conforce

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Sweet N Candy

Rico Henschel was born in Berlin in 1980 and at the end of this eventful first decade of his existence his hometown was infested by a musical revolution - the first Loveparade. Infected by this event he bought his first 12” records at the tender age of 13 and dabbled in being a DJ at the old gramophone of his parents. So Rico started working after school, to afford two DJ-Turntables and with it the needed vinyl. Initially he played for friends on parties he organized on his own in cellars and garages, which was soon followed by gigs in bars and on small events.

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Avalanche City

The story of Avalanche City begins in a house, alone, for hours and hours each day for months, slowly learning how to sing by process of scales, recording, and self critique.
Six months after taking the first steps towards singing, Dave Baxter played his first solo show as Avalanche City. Six months after the first show, one year after beginning the process of teaching himself how to sing, the first tracks were laid for Avalanche City's debut album Our New Life Above The Ground.

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